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Even in car, Goodyear finds Japanese city (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nagoya

'japanese city' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'even in car goodyear' is the wordplay.
'even' indicates alternate letters (letters in even-numbered positions are used).
'in'+'car'+'goodyear'='incargoodyear'
The alternate letters of 'incargoodyear' are 'NAGOYA'.

'finds' is the link.

(Other definitions for nagoya that I've seen before include "Asian city" , "City in central Japan" , "Eastern city" , "central Japanese city" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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